Saw this and decided to dive into an episode.
My suspicions were aroused when they talked about the cruise, a 7 night cruise up the British Columbia coast in November... not a cruise that happens.
A quick google took me to a website that explains the show.
It's basically a (poorly acted and written) drama, not a documentary.
In most cases there is a small item of fact that is extrapolated with the year, location, name and circumstance changed. Some episodes are based on cases from 100 years ago but are presented as modern-day events.
The episode I watched wasn't a Washington State couple cruising Alaska in November as depicted on screen, it was a Chinese couple cruising from Hong Kong on an overnight casino cruise.
The show interviews fake family, friends, cruise line employees and does not go out of its way to inform viewers it is a work of fiction.
This show is a hard pass.
My suspicions were aroused when they talked about the cruise, a 7 night cruise up the British Columbia coast in November... not a cruise that happens.
A quick google took me to a website that explains the show.
It's basically a (poorly acted and written) drama, not a documentary.
In most cases there is a small item of fact that is extrapolated with the year, location, name and circumstance changed. Some episodes are based on cases from 100 years ago but are presented as modern-day events.
The episode I watched wasn't a Washington State couple cruising Alaska in November as depicted on screen, it was a Chinese couple cruising from Hong Kong on an overnight casino cruise.
The show interviews fake family, friends, cruise line employees and does not go out of its way to inform viewers it is a work of fiction.
This show is a hard pass.